« The Double Dutch Divas! » est le film court dérivé du long métrage documentaire multiprimé « I Was Made To Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary » qui suit trois différentes générations de femmes qui sautent à la corde. Les Double Dutch Divas sont les anciennes de ces sauteuses (la plus âgée a 49 ans).

« The Double Dutch Divas! » is the short filmderived from the award-winning feature-length « I WasMade To Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary » which follows three different generations of women jumping rope. The Double Dutch Divas are the oldest of these jumpers.

Women with names like Spirit, Smooth, Faith, Heart, Spice, Joy, Sassy and Lady Di are the core of the Double Dutch Divas, a team that has mastered the art of jumping and dancing double Dutch during their twenty years together. They are a real life example of sisterhood at its best. Giving show stopping performances in the United States and abroad, they bring fitness and fun to a multitude of people of all ethnicities.

The game of double Dutch is an urban game where two ropes turn simultaneously in egg-beater fashion and one or more persons jump in the middle. Practiced and performed by both women and men, it is still a game where women shine. Age doesn’t stop a Double Dutch Diva. The oldest jumper is forty-nine. They’re married, they’re single, they’re mothers, they’re stress-ridden career people-they never allow the word « can’t » into their vocabulary. Thus, nothing keeps them from taking back their childhood and inspiring audiences everywhere

Length: 39:00 Min
Date of Completion: 2000
Category: Documentary

Director/Writer: Nicole Franklin
Producer: Nicole Franklin, Gina Vizzini